The US demands to close facilities in San Francisco, Washington and New York by September 2

The Russian Consulate General in San Francisco

WASHINGTON, August 31. /TASS/. Washington has issued a demand to Russia to close down three diplomatic facilities on American soil by September 2, US Department of State Spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a written statement on Thursday.

She indicated that the matter in question was the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco, a department at the Russian Embassy in Washington and a diplomatic facility in New York.

Moscow's response

It is important to clear up the situation surrounding Washington's new decisions on Russian diplomatic missions in a cool-headed manner and without hysterics, the new Russian Ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov stressed.

"We need a cool, clear-headed and professional course of action now," he told reporters upon arrival at the Dulles International Airport.